next on this channel we report from a stone here but it's uncomfortable relationship with its soviet past. this is the only place in the world where two ng she'd call to sit stand so close to each other. in the middle ages russia's border run along the shore with the rover was hit that even border an old russian fortress was built opposite nanda the liver human castle. in the mid twentieth century hysteria was part of the soviet union a friendship the two towns novel and even in effect a single municipality with a common infrastructure and transport system a stone eons in russians lived here side by side when a stony achieved independence in one thousand nine hundred one the border along another over liver was reinstated to the so-called friendship bridge became

a checkpoint with flags of two different states once again flying over the old fortresses. before a stone one independence in one thousand nine hundred one the struggle for secession from the soviet union in this republic was exceptionally peaceful. and the country managed to avoid the bloodshed that was characteristic of its baltic neighbors and not fear. that this is the historical wide hall of fame

parliament. came here in. the late summer of one thousand nine hundred ninety one to declare recognition of the three baltic republics yeltsin said here flanked by the chairmen of their parliaments garman off represented latvia last previous from lithuania in early till from a star nia yeltsin made a speech here he signed three treaties with the baltic states. estonian historian mark lauder began his struggle for his country's independence in the mid one nine hundred eighty s. he organized and took part in numerous acts of protest. the most high profile of them was the famous bowl to weigh in on august twenty third one thousand nine hundred nine people in the three soviet baltic republics of lithuania latvia and the stonier formed a six hundred kilometer human chain linking the three capitals. on the reserve and

. i began my struggle against communism when i was still a college student at the same time i campaigned for a stony as independence which was a logical thing to do and if we had lost our freedom as a result of a pact between two regimes naziism and communism. as a staunch opponent of communism mark clark twice held the post of premier after a stone erupt and independence now here's the country's defense minister. in the soviet union victory in world war two was celebrated on may the ninth mark glover was one of those responsible for instituting a new date for a stone you think c.j. there is marked in the european style on may eighth but celebrations are not a date or of an entirely different kind. of what we are freedom fighters. sixty six years ago today. on may eighth one thousand nine hundred forty five.

get a world war two. officially came to an end. by freedom fighters the defense minister means the few surviving veterans of the twentieth estonian s.s. division and all those who fought on the side of nazi germany the veterans have been brought to the german cemetery on the outskirts of tal in when their brothers in arms of. the police banned speeches by representatives of public organizations wreaths from the government and other official agencies. on the same evening the chairman of the anti fascist coalition of a stone here retired colonel vladimir matelot so was making preparations for

victory day kyra hello karl this is a matelot are speaking how are you remember what we have agreed to do you're wearing all your medals right that's because he you and i are going to be taking the main wreaths to the bronze soldier monument saw that their public displays of soviet symbols are banned in a stern year even though an exception has been made for veterans on may the eighth and ninth they were at risk if they venture out into the streets wearing their medals on victory day. on previous occasions youngsters would come up to you and spit in your face there were cases like that. but that's not the way they wear the medals now that's the situation here. it's not an honor any longer.

the russian military cemetery in tallinn this memorial symbolizes the country's liberation from fascist troops it is informally known as the bronze soldier may the ninth is not a public holiday in a stone year thousands of people seek to obtain permission to be absent from work in order to come to the monument and greet the veterans. thank you thank you laurie to all your hearers. was. up until two thousand and seven the memorial stood on thomas maggie square in central talon in two thousand and six this tony and government relocated the bronze soldier there were strong protests by the russophone population russian speakers account for one third of the republic's total inhabitants even a stone stone to protest. what we call on the people to make legal protests without violating the constitution or laws of

a stonier dimitri linter is the organizer of the night watch movement the new public organization sought to have the government repeal its decision to relocate the voting soldier activists organized around the clock vigil near the monument was dismantled people came to protest. i. know. it's it is greece it's it is drinks it's a disgrace. it's about our summer and there were five or six thousand people there but it's not only. was the march and i had two kids with me when police launched a special operation to push the crowd back plainclothesmen came up to me pointed to the snipers who are at the top of the building and said i'd better leave this place and that's what he said you know what sharpshooters were over there and there. and

also in that tower. the windows were open. and i would do the following morning i was arrested in my home and put in prison after me and. the rest some of the night was. chapter list didn't affect the situation in any radical way. the day after the dispersal of the first i'm straight thousands of people came to the hmong to get in this time police used tougher methods to break up the crowd with flash bang grenades and take. more than one hundred fifty people were injured in two days of clashes with police one man died in hospital all that happened in the early hours of april twenty seventh two thousand and seven which has since become known as the bronze night. dimitri linter was already in prison at the time but this is talon central prison.

mysel was number five on the second floor. they kept main different cells but here we can see it. i was charged with spreading lies in media interviews about tough police behavior and accused of spreading anti-government sentiment to place. it all came under article two three eight of the criminal code concerning the organization of mass protests. dimitri spent seven months in prison one investigation was in progress in the end all charges against him were lifted. finnish historian and head of the anti fascist center in helsinki johann blackman has published a work which he says proves the soviet troops didn't occupy estonia. i

reject the occupation myth regrettably dismay it is the basis of the policy of. backman was deprived of the right to enter a stone year he had visited on many occasions before but when he arrived at the port of talon by ferry he was immediately detained and led to the headquarters of the border service. there i was told that i was no longer allowed to enter east tony because of what they described this entire story and activity stone used prison policies are indicative of an apartheid regime people there are divided into two groups citizens and non-citizens citizens are those who have political and other rights in that society non-citizens are those who are deprived of those rights they hold great passports. only said in tones of minor television channel its programmes often show water

official estonian or thirty's tend to ignore. in two thousand and eight was able to worm his way into the confidence of a farmer in the village of. i met with a farm owner about him. he invites friends who fought on the side of the third reich to his place. they are always welcome in the farmer's home they can stay for the night there. he has a big collection of old german films he shows them to his guests telling them that if the other side had won the war maybe life would be better now it's very. any young people visit them judging by the pictures they look like skinheads. the owner of the farm also a pizzeria in

a nearby village nobody has ever seen it open entering it. its windows display a picture of a soldier of nazi germany. does not heed the thousands of protesters who gathered on thomas maggie square in two thousand and seven the bronze soldier monument to the liberators of talent was moved to the city's outskirts today there is nothing but its old spot. we never thought we would live to hear my grandfather asking for advice on whether he should wear his medals when he goes out on may ninth. and never occurred to us that a public display of decorations awarded for the fight against fascism might be banned in europe that was responsible for the loss of so many lives there. on victory day may the ninth people still bring flowers not only to the military

cemetery but also to the square the formal location of the bronze soldier. wealthy british stock. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max conjure for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines to cause a report on. a

stone it was the first former soviet republic to join the eurozone. hamann bought a bonna is president of the talon institute for economics and management he knows only too well the price to stone in government how to pay for overcoming economic problems and meeting the terms required for joining. everything was done to make it seem that the budget had a very low deficit and prevent inflation pensions expensive medical care growth of exercises and the like induce good that we became more attractive for investors. but actually the poorer sections of the population

had to pay for all that. a member of parliament he malenko agreed to take part in an experiment suggested by journalists on a popular internet site his task was to see how he would survive on a subsistence wage for a month shopping was something of an ordeal for him a length he couldn't afford to spend even one cent above his budget because otherwise he would have ruined the experiment. the minimum a subsistence wage in a store nia was sixty four euros that comes down to two euros a day. these pastries at darling central market place this morning. both cost fifty euro cents worth of what these locally grown cabbages are the cheapest here i eat them for vitamins and here is the cheapest cheese at that point.

nearly every day he posted reports on his expenditures on the internet by the end of the month the whole nation was following his daily reports he received hundreds of letters with people offering advice support. the experiment was even reported by the international media i think that's why all of a sudden the stone in government jacked up a living wage by thirteen euro's to seventy seven. but don't forget that this sum could buy i mean either soap nor toothpaste nothing but food reward oil. anastasio guide to change though spends almost all of her pension to pay for utilities now she can only rely on a small part of land ten kilometers from town she cycles there several times

a week to see how a crop is fairing mortgage the three well i'm too old for walk in the me i would ship but my bike takes me there thing gotta have it. off we go my dollar. that's a good boy. and it's just see a is a russian by nationality when a stone is declared independence in one thousand nine hundred one she backed the idea and even voted for secession in a referendum she has lived in a stone here for many years as a good command of this journey and language she received a blue passport after a problem free process of naturalization. when the bronze soldier affair broke out and they expose themselves as a people harboring ill will. i no longer wanted to be a citizen or support such policies as i knew that i thought it was

a disgrace. so i gave up estonian citizenship. at the schools are. no other is a town on a stone years northwestern border. nearly all major industrial plants have been closed down here in the past ten years. this tannery is the only left over from the soviet union of ten lays only one is to the operation one thousand three hundred jobs have been cut down to sixty. i'm lucky to see that this plant is still operational even turns out some new products that you won't be able to find anywhere else in the stonier. being a production manager i won't be able to find a job anywhere else this is the only tannery here and many other people also will be able to find a different job. nearly fifty percent of

novice population is jobless most of a stone is russians are so-called non-citizens passports given the right to enter russia without a visa. selling cheaper russian goods on the black market mostly cigarettes and liquor is one of the most common forms of making living here people avoid bringing in more than a permitted amount of time so as not to be detained at the border. we shall all six or seven times a day it's a small business you know half of the people in town live off earth if the border were blocked i can't imagine how things would work out here. a pack of cheap cigarettes costs less than fifty euro cents in russia in no over a women standing outside shops all day long sell them at double the price expensive cigarettes are not brought in there was almost no demand for the people holding great passports have difficulty finding a job outside nada to. the great passport alone infringes upon my civil rights i

was born here i am entitled to a citizens passport nobody wants me to be able to vote they see no point in that we are slaves here that's all there is to it. dystonia and government plan to introduce to reform by two thousand and seven. it's probably ject it was to make sure that all of the country's high schools including russian language ones used as stony and in the classroom but pressure from the e.u. brought about an amendment to the education law the abrupt change in legislation allows other languages to. when the apparent liberalism of a stony and school legislation has been handsomely made up for by the severity of municipal and government bureaucrats not one of the high schools has since been able to use its right to teach in another language not even such schools as pushkin high school which is more than one hundred years old. the high school named

after the russian or to push came in the town of tartu is the pride of a stone is russian language schools even parents from neighboring population centers have sort of mission for their children. a mathematician was appointed head of the school's teaching department in one nine hundred ninety four while she was in that post the school acquired a distinctive sphere and a special style of teaching moreover it became a center of russian culture in tartu in two thousand and three however the education ministry fired the school's principal. they had my spirit changed radically with the arrival of the new principal. changed so much so that the teachers were afraid of talking to me. they didn't want to the principal to see that they were still on good terms with me that three year victoria tried to keep the spirit of the school alive but in the end she gave up and quit her job. if.

i didn't like the new principal saying that the old that democracy should be scaled down. say the russians needed to be prodded all the time. it pains me to see my teachers losing their sense of dignity. right over there that you see. what's especially poland is that humiliated teachers had to face their pupils are going to pressure you over this but many years have passed but i still recall those things with tears in my eyes.

many ethnic a stern in seek employment abroad precisely because they speak russian then land is actively promoting relations with russia with each year the number of tourists visiting both countries grows. when in russian speaking drivers when our tourists go to russia it's important that they're skilled drivers with a good command of russian they find it easier to get around there if they speak russian when russian tourists come to finland they always get a russian speaking driver who can tell them about the place and give advice. to weeks in finland one week at home this is the operating schedule of the estonian driver olvey cooler after he got employment with a finnish bus company in two thousand and nine he bought a house his cherished dream the money here was enough to buy a plot of land pay for the design the building process takes all his free time all the cooler must finish everything before winter to settle down with his family in

a new house. for wages in western countries are three to four times higher than a stone here i quit my job of my own accord to earn a little money while i was still a young man many of my friends work in finland some are drivers others are construction workers still others work in norway. there was a time when dimitri lynsay run a thriving business in tallinn selling exotic goods from india but in a surprise move a stone in police began putting pressure on his business in the aftermath of his active participation in the two thousand and seven protests. but she is my partners gave in to pressure by special services and broke contract with me because there were quite open about it. today dimitri cannot find either a job with this false start up a business in the stone or instead he makes a living in russia once

a monthly visits his home country to see his son. be careful there. where he was the one is a very shop full bore what your hands total of almost all the usual thing to shop or think of a border a very shop. after spending a couple of days at home dimitri again goes abroad to earn money. his focus the one day the people of a stone will no longer be divided into friends and foes but his energy and entrepreneurial talent once again be required to his home country.

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crowds gather in athens angry over facing more deep cuts what should you be imposed by a government that scrambling for rescue cash in germany right now. also this hour as government forces storm a key opposition town in syria moscow calls on both sides to quote rejected western sanctions. and violence to flares up between serbia and breakaway kosovo is seven kosovan serbs are injured in the disputed border crossing. the russian market rallied on thursday despite the resignation of the country's. business in about twenty minutes.